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2025 Vikings Open

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32 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 21 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Canberra, Australia. 3 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1997, and top seed was Jacek Stopa (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2340).

Frederick Litchfield (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2136) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Masaki Horikawa (4.5) and Jacek Stopa (4.5). Litchfield won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: James Abhayaratna (1514) beat Olaoluwa Fasakin (1823), a +309-point gap.

Location
🇦🇺Canberra, Australia
Dates
21 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇱GMJacek Stopa2340
Avg top 10
1,997
Participants
32
Titled players · 3
GM×1
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇦🇺Australia×28
🇳🇵Nepal×1
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
🇲🇴Macau China×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
12
4
2
3
1
3
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Masaki Horikawa held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.5/6. Litchfield takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Masaki Horikawa drew with FM Frederick Litchfield (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Masaki Horikawa*
½
0
1
2FMFrederick Litchfield
½
*
½
3GMJacek Stopa
1
½
*
4Larry Cheng
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Litchfield, FrederickFM2136AUS+17B+7N+10B=2N=3B=6N4.521.024.017.502179+8.8
2Horikawa, Masaki1995AUS+9B+15N+5B=1B+8N3N4.521.024.017.252166+52.4
3Stopa, JacekGM2340POLF+23B+4N+13B=1N+2B4.518.018.015.752356+1.0
4Anup Kumar, Vihaan1894AUS+22B=6N3B=7N+13B+15N4.018.520.512.002004+32.0
5Fasakin, Oladoyin1963NGR+13B+11N2N+28B=14B=8N4.018.519.511.501881-7.8
6Li, HuiCM2041MAC+12N=4B+21NF+10B=1B4.017.517.513.252128+9.4
7Fasakin, Olamide1827AUS+32N1B+9N=4B=12N+21B4.017.517.59.501875+13.2
8Eleutherios, Thomas1934AUS+18N=21B+25B+14N2B=5B4.016.518.511.001958+11.6
9Cheng, Larry1706AUS2N+32B7B+16N+22B+14N4.016.516.58.001880+53.2
10Yin, Wenlin1964AUS+31N+26B1N+23B6N+12B4.015.516.07.501993+5.8
11Abhayaratna, James1514AUS+20N5B=12N=24B+23N+25B4.013.515.59.001865+104.0
12Radisich, Matt1745AUS6B+30N=11B+25N=7B10N3.018.019.07.001739-1.4
13Ingham, Glenn1680AUS5N+27B+19B3N4N+28B3.017.018.05.501738+3.6
14Siva Sankaran, Anup Kumar1871AUS=24N+29B+26N8B=5N9B3.016.017.06.001762-15.0
15Macmullin, Owen1758AUS+27N2B=16N=21B+24N4B3.015.517.56.501707-13.2
16Pavlidis, Alexi1623AUSF=19N=15B9B+28N+20N3.013.013.06.251769+15.4
17Esposito, David1746AUS1N+18B28N+29B21N+24B3.012.513.56.001930+17.4
18Cooper, Matt1677AUS8B17N+32B+19NF+22N3.011.511.54.501807+34.8
19Bhatt, Netra Raj1789NEP=29N=16B13N18B=26N+30B2.512.013.04.001586-32.2
20Fasakin, Olaoluwa1823AUS11B22N=29N+27B+31N16B2.512.012.53.001444-96.0
21Yang, Teng0AUSF=8N6B=15N+17B7N2.018.018.06.5017900.0
22Cheng, Jerry1673AUS4N+20B23N+26B9N18B2.015.517.54.501659-4.4
23Albert, Max1775AUS+28B3N+22B10N11BF2.015.515.53.001639-15.8
24Yu, Leiming1663AUS=14B25N+31B=11N15B17N2.015.015.54.001557-17.0
25Lakshman, Emmanuel1518AUSF+24B8N12B+27N11N2.015.015.04.001517-4.4
26Butler, Brian J1831AUS+30B10N14B22N=19B=31N2.012.513.02.501633-31.0
27Desai, Hakoo S0AUS15B13N+30B20N25B+29N2.011.512.52.0015120.0
28Nelson, James0AUS23NF+17B5N16B13N1.015.015.03.0015180.0
29Luyen, Andy1472AUS=19B14N=20B17N30N27B1.013.014.02.501520+5.6
30Rawat, Aarav1570AUS26N12B27NF+29B19N1.010.510.51.001516-12.0
31Quek, Alex1681AUS10BF24NF20B=26B0.510.510.51.001498-32.0
32Woollard, Kelvin1535AUS7B9N18NFFF0.011.511.50.00937-14.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets